Pecor Grade 9: Shakespearean Vocabulary VI: Shakespeare and the SAT
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MsPecor Plus on November 28, 2010
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These words are in a Shakespeare play we will be reading later in the year. Because they are still in use in Modern English, some of them are sure to appear on the SAT.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vanity | something that is worthless or useless |
| misshapen | so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly |
| chaos | a state of extreme confusion and disorder |
| oppression | the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, anxiety, etc. |
| transgression | wrongdoing; sin |
| propagate | to cause to increase in number or amount |
| purged | purified; cleansed |
| vexed | stirred up; agitated |
| discreet | marked by good judgment and wise self-restraint |
| gall | a very bitter-tasting digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder |
| mark | target |
| chastity | 1. virginity 2. self-control in sexual relations, as defined by moral or religious standards |
| bow | curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows |
| bid | direct; command; order; instruct |
| siege | 1. (literal) the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible 2. (figurative) any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance |
| assailing | vigorously attacking |
| seduce | to lure or tempt someone into behaving improperly, and especially into having sex |
| store | a supply or stock of something, esp. one for future use |
| sworn | promised; vowed (past participle of "to swear") |
| chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse, or abstaining from immoral acts of sexual intercourse) |
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